1929 in Northern Ireland

Events

*8 February - A Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader, Éamon de Valera, to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh.
*31 May - United Kingdom general election, 1929
*Proportional Representation is abolished in Northern Ireland.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::2 February Wales 2 - 2 Northern Ireland (in Wrexham)cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 1|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::23 February Northern Ireland 3 - 7 Scotland::19 October Northern Ireland 0 - 3 England

*Irish League::Winners: Belfast Celtic

*Irish Cup::Winners: Ballymena United 2 - 1 Belfast Celtic

*Derry City joins the Irish League.

Births

*9 January - Brian Friel, playwright.
*16 July - Tommy Dickson, footballer (d.2007).
*25 August - Clifford Forsythe, Ulster Unionist MP for South Antrim (d.2000).
*11 September - Patrick Mayhew, 10th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Full date unknown

*Robert Coulter, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
*Desmond Fennell, writer.

Deaths

*29 April - Otto Jaffe, twice elected as Irish Unionist Party Lord Mayor of Belfast (b.1846).
*Priscilla Studd, Protestant Christian missionary.

References